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Smokey the Bear on Wall Street
Thanks to the recent financial crises in the mortgage industry and investment banking, Americans are now being treated to a high volume screaming match over how much the US government should regulate Wall Street, and what role the government should … Read the rest of this entry
Package Shrink: Getting Less for Your Money
The U.S. seems to be entering a period of increased package shrink. And no, I’m not talking about something from an old Seinfeld episode. One of the items I needed to buy on my last trip to the grocery store … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Business, Marketing
Tagged consumer packaged goods, doublespeak, package shrink
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The Democratization of Writing and Publishing: Access for All?
So where exactly is the digital revolution taking writing and the publishing industry? The new issue of The Futurist magazine (July-August 2008) contains the article “The 21st Century Writer“which yet again has me trying to visualize where the publishing industry … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Business, The Future
Tagged author, digital revolution, publishing, writing
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Lights out!
Recently the Osco Pharmacy is our neighborhood changed hands as part of CVS Pharmacy’s purchase of about 700 Osco and Sav-on drug stores. I personally saw the change as a positive one, given that I always felt like I was … Read the rest of this entry
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An Argument for Digital Movie Delivery?
My wife and I currently are vacationing on Mackinac Island. Last evening, we decided to check out “Movies at the Mission,” a weekly event where the Mission Pointe Resort runs a first-run film in the resort’s quaint, classic theater. (For … Read the rest of this entry
Posted in Business, Science Fiction, Technology, The Future
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